FW: happy

I have nothing really to write except for what’s been on my mind the past little while. I was sitting at home late on Friday night and all of my roommates seemed to be in a sour mood for some reason. I also started thinking about how often I meet people who seem to be unhappy, or how moody people around me are. I had this really depressing thought momentarily that happiness is elusive. So I decided to consult the scriptures on the matter, because I didn’t actually believe that depressing thought. So I did and I also read some things that some general authorities and other scholars have said about happiness and decided that first of all, we are supposed to be happy in life. And that that happiness can be facilitated by loving/serving others, and living life in harmony with commandments of God. But I feel like I know people who do these things are nonetheless not very happy. I think that those things are qualifications for happiness, but really being happy is a choice. We can choose to be happy or we can let negative things drag us down. I just was thinking about this and had nothing else to write. Take it for what it’s worth.